bowl
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (9)
- a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids;
- a concave shape with an open topSynonyms: trough
- a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
- the quantity contained in a bowlSynonyms: bowlful
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainmentsSynonyms: stadiumarenasports stadium
- a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowlingSynonyms: bowling ball
- a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
- a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobaccoSynonyms: pipe bowl
- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)Synonyms: roll
Verb (3)
- roll (a ball)
- hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
- engage in the sport of bowling“My parents like to bowl on Friday nights”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. [1913 Webster]
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
2.To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. [1913 Webster]
3.To pelt or strike with anything rolled. [1913 Webster]
Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips?— Shak.[1913 Webster]
To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. [1913 Webster]
1.A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. [1913 Webster]
Brought them food in bowls of basswood.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]
2.Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking. [1913 Webster]
3.The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold. [1913 Webster]
4.The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon. [1913 Webster]
1.To play with bowls. [1913 Webster]
2.To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc. [1913 Webster]
3.To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along. [1913 Webster] Bowlder
1.A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled. [1913 Webster]
2.pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. [1913 Webster]
Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
3.pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]